New Delhi: The Government has decided to set up three new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) during 11th Five Year Plan, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The premier institutes will be set up in Bihar in East, Rajasthan in West and Andhra Pradesh in South, said Minister of State for Human Resource Development D Purandeswari.
The minister said that the government has received a proposal from Kerala to set up an IIT there but Scientific Advisory Committee to the Prime Minister recommended that these should be set up in three states in separate regions.
In another reply, the minister said the government is taking serious note of the reported suicides incidents at various IITs. The authorities at IIT campuses have decided to go for counselling, seminars, helplines and modification of examination schemes to help students during the examinations.
The performance of students is also being monitored every semester and mechanisms are being set up so that the families are well informed about the students' performance, the minister said.
With PTI inputs
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